Agent-Based Simulations for Disaster Rescue Using the DEFACTO Coordination System

Emergent Information Technologies and Enabling Policies for Counter-Terrorism

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 281-297

  Marecki, Janusz ^a   Schurr, Nathan ^a   Tambe, Milind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation for disaster rescue; DEFACTO (Demonstrating Effective Flexible Agent Coordination of Teams through Omnipresence) system; Strategy selection mathematical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 80955132275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/047178656X.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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